YMCA Potato Ball Top Pot Pie

It’s what my mum used to call leftovers for dinner. I would ask sometimes after getting home from school about what’s for dinner and I often got YMCA “Yesterday’s Muck (meal) Cooked Again”

My mother was a master at making something from nothing and this dish is inspired by the way she used to use leftover stew and mashed potato or sweet potato made into dumpling like balls to top the stew. Rather than doing a cheese topping she glazes with melted butter creating a wonderful colour.

Select an oven dish that when the stew is added it will fill ¾ of the dish.

In a large bowl add the cold mashed potato, breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, egg and season with salt and pepper to taste. Wet your hands and combine all the ingredients. Make into a large ball, cover in bowl and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Add the stew to the oven dish and even out the top so its level.

Remove potato from the fridge and using a tablespoon make round balls of even size adding each as they are made to the top of the stew. Keep going until the stew is completely topped with the potato balls.

Brush the top of the balls with the melted butter and bake in the oven got 40 minutes or until its warmed up. Brush again after 20 minutes.